118: The A.I. Con (with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna)

Artificial intelligence (so-called) is typified by its boom and bust cycles, and we're in a boom now. But as more and more money pours in with decreasing returns, we're going to see a shakeout, and hype is rushing in to stoke the enthusiasm. In other words, the con is on. Dr Emily M. Bender and Dr Alex Hanna are co-hosts of the podcast Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 , and the authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want . They join us for this episode.

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118: The A.I. Con (with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna) is an episode from Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language. by Daniel Midgley.

This episode is 51:26 long.

This episode was published on May 12, 2025.

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